Contrasting levels of extra-pair paternity in mainland and island populations of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus): Is there an 'island effect'?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 303-316

  Griffith, Simon C ^a,c   Stewart, Ian R K ^a   Dawson, Deborah A ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^b   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extra pair paternity; Genetic variation; Island population; Microsatellite loci; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; ISLAND; PASSERINE; PATERNITY;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032826985     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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